Best of the West 2019: Heritage Travel
Truth be told, I love a long road trip across America and have enjoyed dozens of trips as a young man and as a father. My first travel memories are with my parents and sister Katherine driving from Los Angeles to Phoenix, the city giving way to the desert, the...
Did the Apache Call Their Great Leader Geronimo or His Original Name, Goyahkla?
Did the Apache call their great leader Geronimo or his original name, Goyahkla? Al Maurine Tucson, Arizona Geronimo, a prominent leader and shaman, was a Bedonkohe Apache. His given name was Goyahkla or, “The One Who Yawns.” Some say the name Geronimo is a corruption...
Manipulated into His Own Death
On May 5, 1871, Sgt. John Mott and three others followed Apache footprints, tracking what they thought were the incautious wanderings of an inattentive Apache woman and her mount toward an unsuspecting ranchería. The rocky fringe of the mountainous heights and the...
Tombstone 25—A Western Classic’s Reunion
It’s not often that a movie becomes a cult classic almost immediately after its release, but such was the case with the 1993 motion picture Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Dana Delaney and a host of other Hollywood stars. Ironically, because...
True West January/February 2025
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